The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has refused to detail allegations that led him to abruptly sack his small businesses and fair trading minister, Eleni Petinos, on Sunday.
Petinos was last week accused in media reports of running an unsafe office. Perrottet stood by his minister on Friday, but said he had made the “difficult” decision to fire her after being made aware of “further information in relation to separate claims”.
